PUBLIC "-//Library of Virginia//TEXT (US::Vi::vi00788::A Guide to the Frederick County (Va.) Apprenticeship Indentures, 1780-1900)//EN" "vi00788.xml" A Guide to the Frederick County (Va.) Apprenticeship Indentures, 1780-1900 Frederick County (Va.) Apprenticeship Indentures, 1780-1900 1016888, 0007709072 Greg Crawford Library of Virginia © 2018 By The Library of Virginia. All Rights Reserved.

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Machine-readable finding aid derived from MARC record, created by Greg Crawford, 16 March 2018 Description is in English A Guide to the Frederick County (Va.) Apprenticeship Indentures, 1780-1900 A Collection in the Library of Virginia 1016888, 0007709072 Greg Crawford

Library of Virginia 2018 Ed Jordan Library of Virginia Descriptive Summary The Library of Virginia Frederick County (Va.) Apprenticeship Indentures 1780-1900 1016888, 0007709072 Library of Virginia .90 cu.ft. (2 boxes) English Frederick County (Va.) Circuit Court. Administrative Information Access Restrictions

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Preferred Citation

Frederick County (Va.) Apprenticeship Indentures, 1780-1900. Local government records collection, Frederick County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.

Acquisition Information

These items came to the Library of Virginia in a transfer of court records from Frederick County.

Historical Information

Frederick County was named in honor of Frederick Louis, Prince of Wales and eldest son of King George II. It was formed from Orange County by a statute of 1738 that stipulated that when the population was large enough the new county government would begin to function. The county court first met on 11 November 1743. Part of Augusta County was added in 1754. The county seat is the city of Winchester.

Scope and Content

Frederick County (Va.) Apprenticeship Indentures, 1780-1900, are bonds and contracts of apprenticeship, showing the names of master and apprentice, the trade to be taught, details of the contract, the amount of the bond and the names of sureties. Barcode number 0007709072 contains apprentice indentures of "free Blacks" and "free persons of color."

Adjunct Descriptive Data Related Material

Additional Frederick County Records can be found on microfilm at the Library of Virginia. Consult "A Guide to Virginia County and City Records on Microfilm" found on the Library of Virginia's web site.

Frederick County (Va.) Apprenticeship Indentures, 1780-1900, of "free Blacks" and "free persons of color" are available at Virginia Untold: the African American Narrative digital collection.